Roy Okuda

Professor, Organic Chemistry
408-924-2525
roy.okuda@sjsu.edu
DH 009A

• B.A. Chemistry & Biology, University of California San Diego, 1979
• Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Hawaii, 1983
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, Columbia University, 1984-1985

Natural Products Chemistry (with emphasis on bioactive chemicals from California Native Plants)

• " Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Halogenated Monoterpenes from the Red Alga Plocamium cartilagineum" Donghui Gao, Roy K. Okuda, and Viorica Lopez-Avila. Journal of AOAC International, 2001, 84, 1313-1331.
• "Marine Bromoperoxidases - Chemoenzymatic Applications." C.A. Moore and R.K. Okuda, chapter in monograph "Current Trends In Bioorganic Chemistry," Ray C. Cooper and John K. Snyder, eds., Marcel-Dekker, New York, 1999.
• "Bromoperoxidase Activity from a 94 Species of Marine Algae," C.M. Moore and R.K. Okuda, Journal of Natural Toxins, 1996, 5, 295-305.
• "Double Unknown" Preparation and COSY Analysis of an Unknown Ester. An Introductory 2D-NMR Experiment." S.E. Branz, R.G. Miele, R.K. Okuda, and D.A. Straus. Journal of Chemical Education 1995, 72, 659-661.